Overview
For those with industry or significant amateur experience, the Seed Propagation course from Warnborough College may contain some sections that are little more than revision, but for anyone with minimal or no knowledge of seed propagation, some additional reading may be required in parts in order to gain optimum benefit from the course.
Aims
- Discuss the scope and nature of commercial seed propagation.
- Explain the botany of seeds, and processes that occur when a seed germinates.
- Determine appropriate procedures for harvesting different seeds.
- Determine appropriate treatments for different types of seeds following harvest to sustain viability.
- Determine treatments for breaking dormancy to initiate germination with a range of different seeds.
- Determine how to sow and germinate seed of commonly grown herbaceous plants including vegetables, annuals and perennials.
- Determine techniques for woody plants including trees, shrubs, ground covers and climbers.
- Determine strategies for developing a variety of different types of plantings using direct seeding.
- Manage the development of germinated seedlings tooptimise the plants survival.
Programme Structure
Lessons:
- Seed Botany – anatomy and physiology, pollination, hybridisation, genetic purity, etc.
- Seed Sources – selection, collection, timing, wild collecting
- Seed Storage – treatments; cleaning, drying, storage, disease control, germination testing
- Dormancy – and breaking dormancy
- Germinating Annuals, Perennials and Vegetables
- Propagating selected Woody Species
- Direct Seeding – grasses, woody species, revegetation projects, etc.
- Seedling Management
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Soil Science Horticulture and Crop Science Botany View 110 other Short Courses in Botany in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.
Funding
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